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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 22, 2023

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday October 22ND 2023, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Looks like for the first time in my pastoral ministry I’ll be leading my longtime church family in Homestead – and preaching for 4 Sundays in a row between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ve done it 2 and 3 Sundays in a row, but never 4 in a row. I’m up for the challenge, and I’ll be looking solely to God for His guidance, direction, wisdom, and encouragement.

I plan to preach 4 traditional (well-prepared) sermons. The sermon that I’ve been writing (and stalling and struggling with) for over 5 months now on Jude’s letter to the Christians near the end of the New Testament is now going to be a 2-part message series on consecutive Sunday mornings. God gave me clarity on this sermon, and I’m back on-track now. He gave me so much clarity that He gave me 2 sermons worth of clarity. I don’t even have a title yet for the 2ND week of my Jude message, but God will reveal it to me in His time.

I’ll also be preaching my “Pray & Believe” sermon that I rejuvenated here on #SundayScripture for 10 weeks this past summer. If you missed any part of that sermon series then you can catch-up over on my SERMONS page. It’s listed as my 58TH sermon, and I’ve provided hyperlinks to each of the 10 parts. (Remember these are transcripts – not videos or podcasts.)

I have a few ideas for my 4TH of 4 sermons a week before Christmas. I’ll need to pray about it so that I preach the right sermon at the right time.

So – as you can see – I have a lot of work to do over the next month to prepare myself mentally, physically, and spiritually for these 4 sermons in a row. If God ever gives me the opportunity to be the Lead Pastor of a church family in my new hometown (or even my new neighborhood) – then these 4 sermons would be reflective of what Sunday morning services would be like.

Sing to the LORD. Praise His name.
Each day proclaim the Good News that He saves.
Publish His glorious deeds among the nations.
Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.
(Psalm 96:2-3 NLT)

My testimony is featured here each week on #SundayScripture whether it’s part of a sermon, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord, and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 348

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 16, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday October 15TH 2023 – the 348TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	10	Praise The Lord [1ST week @ # 1]	Micah Tyler
2	1	13	Praise You Anywhere	Brandon Lake
3	3	9	Hallelujah Feeling	Caleb & John
4	4	11	Heaven Changes Everything	Big Daddy Weave
5	5	15	To Not Worship You	MercyMe
6	7	10	Jesus Does	We The Kingdom
7	6	5	What Are We Waiting For ?	for King + Country
8	8	7	Parking Lot	Cochren & Co.
9	10	2	Firm Foundation (He Won’t)	Cody Carnes
10	9	3	Loved By You	Riley Clemmons

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “What If” – Matthew West
2020 – “Rise Up (Lazarus)” – Cain
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “The Gospel” – Ryan Stevenson

MICAH – Mr. Tyler’s 7TH hit in 6½ years is now his 3RD # 1 smash atop my chart, as “Praise The Lord” ascends to the top – replacing the 7-week chart-topper “Praise You Anywhere”. Micah could be at # 1 for many weeks unless a surprise emerges. He’s about to kickoff a tour with my favorite singer – Mr. Matthew West.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on X and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 15, 2023

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday October 15TH 2023, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Once upon a time several church families ago I hosted (was the emcee for) a “Night Of Worship”. If you’re not familiar with the concept it’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s a night (a couple of hours) of worship to and for God – mostly music – from the in-house Praise & Worship duo, group, or band. Sometimes other churches participate with their respective musicians. It’s essentially the church’s version of a concert.

Way back when – we had “Night Of Worship” where our house band performed, and they were accompanied by several other bands from local area churches. As I recall I loved the first-time experience, but I thought that it was lacking a few things – most notably organization and a host / emcee to keep it flowing and put it all together from start to finish. I thought that it lacked a proper opening and closing, and that there was a lack of continuity in the form of prayer and testimony in-between each of the bands and sets. So I volunteered to host the next one on the schedule, and I was granted that opportunity. That second show (a month or two later) was glorious, and I still remember much of it to this day. I thought that it would be the start of a big monthly or quarterly event that would gain momentum with each new show. I started planning for the next one.

That’s not what actually happened though. That event quietly fizzled out in the subsequent months to follow.

Fast forward a decade, and last night we hosted “Night Of Worship”. It was my first one with my new church family here in Sebring Florida. I didn’t host. I observed. I experienced. I celebrated. God’s Glory was at work last night !

Our Praise & Worship band opened and closed the service, and in-between a local band – Crimson Cure – performed. Our Pastor Tim also preached a short sermon based on Psalm 40:1-3 (a favorite and oft-used Scripture of mine).

I like this Scripture too:

Shout for joy to the LORD – all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before Him with joyful songs.
(Psalm 100:1-2 NIV)

If you wish to learn more about the God I know then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 347

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 9, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday October 08TH 2023 – the 347TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	12	Praise You Anywhere [7TH week @ # 1]	Brandon Lake
2	3	9	Praise The Lord	Micah Tyler
3	2	8	Hallelujah Feeling	Caleb & John
4	4	10	Heaven Changes Everything	Big Daddy Weave
5	5	14	To Not Worship You	MercyMe
6	9	4	What Are We Waiting For ?	for King + Country
7	8	9	Jesus Does	We The Kingdom
8	7	6	Parking Lot	Cochren & Co.
9	10	2	Loved By You	Riley Clemmons
10	–	1	Firm Foundation (He Won’t)	Cody Carnes

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “What If” – Matthew West
2020 – “God So Loved” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “The Gospel” – Ryan Stevenson

54TH ANNUAL GMA DOVE AWARDS – 1 of my 2 favorite music awards shows airs later this month on TBN – Friday October 20TH 2023 at 8 PM EDT (with an encore at 10 PM EDT). Tauren Wells is the host. Performing on the show are Brandon Lake, for King + Country, Katy Nichole, Phil Wickham, Zach Williams, and others. The show is LIVE at the Allen Arena in Nashville Tennessee 3 nights earlier.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.